New game: Lyrics Chain

[Knock yourself out]

Linked word = fingers

The stars are caught in our hair
The stars are on our fingers
A veil of diamond dust
Just reach up and touch it
The sky’s above our heads
The sea’s around our legs
In milky, silky water
We swim further and further
We dive down
We dive down

Nocturn - Kate Bush

[hivemind]

Linked word: heads

But every time I try to talk to you
I get tongue-tied
Turns out, everything I say to you
Comes out wrong and never comes out right

So I'll say why don't you and I get together
an' take on the world
and be together forever
Heads we will and tails we'll try again
So I say why don't you and I hold each other,
fly to the moon and straight on to heaven
Cause without you they're never gonna let me in

Santana - Why Don't You And I

[FemaleOfTheSpecies]

Linked word - tongue

Your angels speak with jilted tongue
the serpent's tale has come undone
you have no strength to squander.

The only comfort is
the moving of the river.
You enter into me
a lie upon your lips.
Offer what you can
I'll take all that I can get
only a fool's here to stay.

Sarah McLachlan - Ice

[angel of salvation]

linked word: lie

They painted up your secrets
With the lies they told to you
And the least they ever gave you
Was the most you ever knew
And I wonder where these dreams go
When the world gets in your way
What's the point in all this screaming
No one's listening anyway
-------
They press their lips against you
And you love the lies they say
And I tried so hard to reach you
But you're falling anyway
And you know I see right through you
When the world gets in your way
What's the point in all this screamin'
You're not listening anyway

Goo Goo Dolls- Acoustic #3

[FemaleOfTheSpecies]

Linked words - lips, secret

Can you hear them?
They talk about us
Telling lies
Well, that's no surprise
Can you see them?
See right through them?
They have no shield
No secrets to reveal

It doesn't matter what they say
In the jealous games people play
Hey, hey, hey

Our lips are sealed

Wild Orchid - Our Lips Are Sealed

[mudrat]

Linked words = through, see

*** This song always makes me think of Heather's fic 'Neverland', particularly the first verse (makes me think of the scene where Willow is enthralled with Tara's painting 'Fillmore').

Standing in a bright lit room, strangers all around me
To the spot my feet were glued, before the Lac D'Annecy
I walked around, then I came back and stood there, lost in wonder
Nothing else there could attract - the rest were only pictures

So blue...

I waited on a cold highway, throwing stones and singing
A man, he took me all the way, right through to Central Station
'Where have you been?', he said to me - I've been down to the gallery
'What did you see?', he said to me - I saw the Lac D'Annecy

And it was so blue...

Now colour constructs every line
And the more every link is made fine
The stronger the net will be

Every day he left his wife to wrestle with his lover
A hundred ways, Mont St Victoire, and each time starting over
Now Pablo's work was child's play, and Henri did it faster
But the slow old grizzly bear was their only master

So blue...

Paul Kelly - "So Blue" (written for Paul Cezanne)

[FemaleOfTheSpecies]

Linked word - highway

And I'm looking for somebody to do my thinking for me
Till I come through
The state-line highway sign says,
You have gone west, young man.
And it feels like I've got something to prove
But in some ways it's just something to do

Liz Phair - Go West

[Knock yourself out]

linked word - west

Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?
Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often?
And which do you choose, a hard or soft option?
(How much do you need?)

In a West End town, a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls

West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys

[the hero factor]

Linked word = voices

I try so hard not to get upset
'Cause I know all the trouble I'll get
Oh, he tells me tears are something to hide
And something to fear
And I try so hard to keep it inside
So no one can hear

Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry

"Voices Carry" -Til Tuesday

[watty]

linked word = trouble

Two kinds of trouble in this world
Living... dying
I lost my power in this world
And the rumors are flying

So I go insane
Like I always do
And I call your name
She's a lot like you


"Go Insane" -- Lindsey Buckingham
[br]

[Knock yourself out]

linked word = name

Rosemary, I've almost forgotten your name
The tears on my face, they don't burn quite the same
And I look in the mirror and your reflection's not there
Just the daughter of a man and a cold, hard stare

Rosemary, my desire to hold you is deep
And it keeps me from living and it keeps me from sleep
And my holding-on's so tight that my fingers might bleed
If I let go of you now, will you let go of me?

Rosemary by the marvellous Nina Nastasia

[FineyMcFine]

Linked word = daughter

A telegram arrived today,
It is time to catch the Monterey
'Cause the man I wed, he waits for me
And the daughter that he's yet to see

The US Navy beamed its message,
Will deliver brides on a one way passage
It made big news across the nation
The bridal train leaves from Perth station

All the girls around Australia
Married to a Yankee sailor
The fare is paid across the sea
To the home of the brave and the land of the free

The Waifs, "Bridal Train"

[mudrat]

Linked word = free

This house is your own, still living alone
It don’t make you sad, but I think it’s good to be green
The summer is gone, but spring don’t belong
The traces are here for long winter
I miss the green
It used to be clean

If you want to be free
Please don’t fall for me
I could be anyone but your friend
If you open the door
I’ll give a whole lot more
I could be anyone but your friend

Assumption is good, though not likelihood
My feeling is true - I want to be living with you
The truth it begins, we’re breathing it in
With shadows of doubt in time we will
All miss the green
It used to be clean

If you want to be free
Please don’t fall for me
I could be anyone but your friend
If you open the door
I’ll give a whole lot more
I could be anyone but your friend
Anyone...

Seeing is believing
The feeling is deceiving
You know it’s the truth when you find that you can’t talk
Leaving on this
All into chaos
Seeing is feeling is seeing is you

Alex Lloyd - “Green”

[Thianne]

linked word = belong

Almost heaven, west virginia
Blue ridge mountains
Shenandoah river -
Life is old there
Older than the trees
Younger than the mountains
Growin like a breeze

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

All my memories gathered round her
Miners lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine
Teardrops in my eye

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads


Country roads, by John Denver

[watty]

linked word = country

City dweller, successful fella
Thought to himself, "Oops, I've got a lot of money"
Caught in a rat race terminally

I'm a professional cynic but my heart's not in it
I'm paying the price of living life at the limit
Caught in the century's anxiety
Yes it preys on him
He's getting thin

He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
Watching afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the country
He takes all manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the country
Oh, it's like an animal farm, lots of rural charm in the country


"Country house" -- Blur
[br]

[FineyMcFine]

linked word = I'm

Higher!
I'm a king, yes, I'm a head of state.
But I'm the kitchen boy who'll wash your dirty plate.
I had no message and the message was, we're all Jesus, Buddha, and the Wizard of Oz!
I'm merely a man and I bring nothing but love for you.
I'm merely a man and I want nothing that you can't do!
And you know it's true.
That with logic and love we'll be lifting humanity higher!
Higher!

XTC, "Merely a Man"

[noho]

linked word = love

Femme fatales emerged from shadows
To watch this creature fair
Boys stood upon their chairs
To make their point of view
I smiled sadly for a love I could not obey
And lady stardust sang his songs
Of darkness and dismay
And he was alright the band was altogether
Yes he was alright the song went on forever
And he was awful nice
Really quite paradise
And he sang all night long

David Bowie "Lady Stardust"

[Knock yourself out]

linked word - boys

Here I grew guilty
And no one was at fault
Frightened by the power in every innocent thought
And the silent understanding passing down
From daughter to daughter
Let the boys grow in the trees
...
Last night I slept in sheets the colour of fire
Tonight I lie alone again and curse my own desires
Sentenced first to burn and then to freeze
And watch by the window
Where the boys grew in the trees

Boys in the Trees - Carly Simon

[tarawhipped]

Linked word = innocent

I'm guilty of murder of innocent men,
Innocent women, innocent children,
Thousands of them.
My planes, my guns,
My money, my soldiers,
My blood on my hands.
It's all my fault.

"I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts," X

[bytrsuite]

Linked word = money

If I had a lot of money
I’d move to another country
I’d disappear, not tell a soul, I'd change my name
Or maybe I'd go back to school
Major in something foolish
And I could do it cause I'd have a lot of money

The Jig is Up - Jill Sobule

[noho]

Linked word = soul

Shocked in silent trances our eyes search just to know
What makes flesh and body hunger for another burning soul
Conscience quiet pleading in the corner of my eye
But seeing is believing all consequences fly
A demon's day in madness kissed
I swear I never had it like this
Forbidden yet I cannot resist

Melissa Etheridge "Resist"

[Knock yourself out]

Linked word = hunger

There’s nothing like heat biting your skin
To let you boil from within
There’s nothing like sweat dripping down your sides
Gleaming nights
There’s nothing like flames licking in the air
Hungry, without a care
Licking like tongues, here and there
and everywhere

Let’s get lost
Let these frozen hearts defrost
Whatever the cost, let’s get lost
Let’s get lost
Roll the dice and play our cards
Whatever the cost
Let’s get lost

Tina Dico - Let's Get Lost (thanks to EasierSaid for introducing me to this song)

[hermitfish]

linked words =lost, cost

Who can tell when in love you'll finally fall?
Some live in vain and never love at all
But as lightning strikes
Or as a small insistent voice
If we are blessed
We will hear and heed the call

Give your love and never count the cost
Lose your heart and never call it lost
May your love be your shelter
To the ending of your days
Love is all that is, all that ever was

Garnet Rogers - "All That Is"

[watty]

linked word = shelter

Oh a storm is threatening
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah I'm gonna fade away

War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away


"Gimme shelter" -- Rolling Stones
[br]

[tarawhipped]

Linked word = storm

Outside, the dogs are withered and hungry,
And the soldiers are laughing old loud.
They wave bottles and blow out the candles
Of the lonely who move through the crowd.

And now the storm clouds hide the volcanoes,
But they shall never find me here.
Where I torture myself with the memories
That stay clear through tequila and beer.

"The Back Room of the Bar," The Catheads

[mudrat]

Linked word = beer

We lay the night in anguish, snakes drawn out by the tide
The compass of decision falls always on one side
But many went before us and still the cries are clear
There is no beauty here, just the stench of wine and beer

We save no souls
We break no promises

We can do nothing more than move headlong through the gloom
The thorn between our lips is the missionaries' tune
Men with open arms turn their faces half away
Observe as we approach that we have not come to save
We stand as thick as vines, though the fruit is torn away
There is no beauty here, friends, just death and rank decay

We save no souls
We break no promises

"Lost Patrol" - Big Country

[noho]

Linked word = promises

Never again isn't that what you said
You've been through this before
And you swore this time you'd think with your head
No one would ever have you again
And if taking was gonna get done
You'd decide where and when
Just when you think you got it down
Your heart securely tied and bound
They whisper promises in the dark

"Promises in the Dark" - Pat Benatar

[Hers Always]

Linked Word = Head

The world may be ugly, but each man must do what he must
Give in pretty dear, in a year you will be pretty dust
Now come let our lady possess you
In her breathtaking, hair-raising bed
She will tingle your spine
As she captures your heart and your head

Sing, swing
Savour the sting
As she severs you, Madame Guillotine
Slice, come paradise
Our Delilah will shave you razor clean


Song: Madame Guillotine from the musical "The Scarlett Pimpernel"

[kisstheviolets]

Linked word: Ugly

When I saw you at the grocery store,
you were sharing a shopping cart with her
and I couldn't turn and run away
I didn't know what to say
you introduced us for the first time
and I had to look her in the eye
but you could not imagine my surprise

can't you see
you're leaving me
for an ugly girl

does she talk about politics and all the stuff that used to make me sick
does she smoke cigars and stay up late oh she's so great

does she tell you what you want to hear
and I bet that she can grow a beard
I'd feel better thinking you were queer

it's not fair
I can't compare
to an ugly girl

ha ha ha the jokes on me
I feel jealous and I feel mean
is she so nice that it makes up for her face, there's no way

do you have to keep your eyes closed
do you have to keep the lights down low
oh I bet you wish you had a blindfold

can't you see
you're leaving me
for an ugly girl

"Ugly Girl" - Fleming and John

[roomforsquarez]

linked word = Shopping cart

I just remembered, that time at the market
you snuck up behind me and jumped on my shopping cart
And rode down, aisle 5
you looked behind you to smile back at me
crashed into a rack full of magazines
they asked us if we could leave.

Can't remember, what went wrong last September
Though I'm sure you'd remind me, if you had to

Our love was, comfortable and
so broken in
...

John Mayer: Comfortable